Pacific Island Health Officers Association

Human resources for health - to build local capacity and support/expand health workforce development for the pacific region.

Health data systems - pihoa's regional health information management system ("hims") initiative aims to assist member jurisdictions to improve the collection and use of data for planning and decision-making processes across a variety of domains, including but not limited to: vital statistics, community-based surveys, medical records, including electronic health records (ehrs), disease registries, administrative data and it networks. This initiative was established by the pihoa board in 2010 and continues to be an integral aspect of pihoa's on-going work.